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Aquarius/SAC-D Launch Mission Status Update
The Aquarius/SAC-D observatory has successfully separated from its rocket, ground controllers have acquired its signal, and its solar arrays have been deployed.
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Betsiboka River
The Betsiboka River is located in north-central Madagascar.
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Landsat 5 Satellite Sees Tornado Track near Sturbridge, Massachusetts
The Thematic Mapper on the Landsat 5 satellite captured this natural-color image on June 5, 2011.
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Fluorescence Map Offers New World View
NASA scientists have produced groundbreaking, first-of-their-kind global maps of land plant fluorescence.
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Three Satellites See Eruption of Puyehue-Cordón Volcano from Space
NASA's Terra Satellite, the GOES-13 and GOES-11 satellites all captured images of the ash plume from southern Chile's Puyehue-Cordón Volcano this week. The volcano is located in Puyehue National Park in the Andes of Ranco Province of Chile.
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The Home Frontier Has a Winner
This Earth Day, we asked you to share your inspiring vision about NASA’s exploration of Earth. We are in awe, and here are our winners.
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GOES-13 Movie Shows Tornadic Storms Move Through Massachusetts
Animated GOES-13 satellite images show bubbling, severe thunderstorms that generated three tornadoes in Massachusetts June 1.
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New NASA Salt Mapper to Spice Up Climate Forecasts
Just as ancient Greeks believed they could tell the future by reading patterns in sprinkled salt, NASA's Aquarius mission will use salt to foresee Earth's future climate.
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Memorial Weekend Light Show
A high speed solar wind caused geomagnetic storms over the Memorial weekend and another high speed stream may produce even more starting June 4, 2011.
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New NASA Map Reveals Tropical Forest Carbon Storage
A NASA-led research team has used a variety of NASA satellite data to create the most precise map ever produced depicting the amount and location of carbon stored in Earth's tropical forests.
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NASA Infrared Satellite Sees Severe Weather in NW Georgia
Northwestern Georgia felt the effects of severe weather season May 27, 2011, as severe thunderstorms brought heavy rainfall, gusty winds and reports of a tornado.
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NASA Provides Satellite Data to Aid Louisiana Flood Response
NASA is providing critical satellite data to help residents in south Louisiana as they deal with a rising Mississippi River.
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Satellite Images: Hook Echoes, Debris and Damage
NASA satellite imagery reveals hook echoes, debris and damage from the April 27 tornado outbreak.
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GOES-13 Video Highlights Grimsvotn Ash Plume
A new video released from the NASA/NOAA GOES Project provides a satellite view of spewing ash from Grimsvotn Volcano in Iceland.
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TRMM Saw Heavy Rainfall in Supercell That Spawned Joplin Tornado
On Sunday May 22, 2011, the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite captured an image of the rainfall rate in the supercell thunderstorm that generated the deadly twister that struck Joplin, Missouri.
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For Aquarius, Sampling Seas No 'Grain of Salt' Task
Twenty years after scientists first recognized that precise measurements of ocean salinity from space were possible, NASA's Aquarius mission is poised to realize their dream.
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GOES-13 Close-Up of Deadly Joplin, Missouri Tornado
A new movie from the NASA GOES project gives a close up of the storm the created the monster tornado that devastated Joplin, Missouri May 22, 2011.
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Fireball Meteor Over Macon, Ga.
NASA astronomers have recorded one of the brightest fireball meteors ever seen by their network as it crossed the night skies over Macon, Ga.
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Landsat Offers Stunning Comparison Of Flooding
A side-by-side comparison of Landsat's view of the Mississippi River during last week's historic flooding and a previous image captured during drier times reveals the stunning extent and reach of the flooding.
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NASA/University Japan Quake Study Yields Surprises
A new NASA and university study of Japan's massive March quake yields surprises on how the quake's energy and stress were distributed in the region.